"Commentary from P.M. Carpenter"

April 20, 2017

They're doing what - WHEN?

Just as I started to think these GOP clowns couldn't possibly be more inept at governing, one Politico piece reports that

the deadline to keep the federal government open is just about here.... With just five workdays left until government funding expires, lawmakers return next week to all the same sticking points that have made full-year funding so elusive and now threaten a government shutdown.

senior White House and Republican congressional leaders are planning another health care showdown next week as they seek again to pass legislation to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act…. The deal being floated now relies largely on rehashing concepts lawmakers previously rejected.

All hail Honduras, which, compared to the Trump White House and congressional Republicans, is a model of governing competence.

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They're doing what - WHEN?

Just as I started to think these GOP clowns couldn't possibly be more inept at governing, one Politico piece reports that

the deadline to keep the federal government open is just about here.... With just five workdays left until government funding expires, lawmakers return next week to all the same sticking points that have made full-year funding so elusive and now threaten a government shutdown.

senior White House and Republican congressional leaders are planning another health care showdown next week as they seek again to pass legislation to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act…. The deal being floated now relies largely on rehashing concepts lawmakers previously rejected.

All hail Honduras, which, compared to the Trump White House and congressional Republicans, is a model of governing competence.